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Closed tournament for automatic semifinals qualifiers

SwissStandard

10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 23 Dec 2025 to 24 Feb 2026 in Rishon Lezion, Israel. 8 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2260, and top seed was Noam Aviv Vitenberg (🇳🇴 NOR, FM, 2345).

Adi Menahem (🇮🇱 ISR, FM, 2269) won with 6.0/9, ahead of Ilay Zakin (5.5) and Steven Slobodiansky (5.5). Menahem won solo starting round 2.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Sofiia Tashkinova (WFM, 2124) beat Noam Aviv Vitenberg (FM, 2345), a +221-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Rishon Lezion, Israel
Dates
23 Dec 2025 → 24 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇳🇴FMNoam Aviv Vitenberg2345
Avg top 10
2,260
Participants
10
Titled players · 8
FM×7
WFM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇱Israel×9
🇳🇴Norway×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Adi Menahem led from R2; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Menahem6Slobodiansky5.5Zakin5.5Liubarov4Tashkinova4Kaganskiy3.5
R2–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Adi Menahem held the sole lead from R2 through R9 without losing it.

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Adi Menahem lost to FM Steven Slobodiansky (White).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

FM Steven Slobodiansky won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMAdi Menahem*
0
0
1
2FMSteven Slobodiansky
1
*
0
1
3FMIlay Zakin
1
1
*
0
4FMMark Liubarov
0
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Menahem, AdiFM2269ISR+9B+5B=8N+4B+7N=10B+6N−3B−2N6.032.035.021.002384+55.6
2Zakin, IlayFM2279ISR+5N=8B−4N+7B+10N−6B+3N−9N+1B5.532.535.523.502338+14.8
3Slobodiansky, StevenFM2303ISR−8N+4B+7N+10B=6N=9N−2B+1N=5B5.532.535.521.752335+8.6
4Liubarov, MarkFM2331ISR=6B−3N+2B−1N+5BF+9B=7B−10N4.034.037.016.002241-19.6
5Tashkinova, SofiiaWFM2124ISR−2B−1N+9B+8B−4N−7B=10N+6B=3N4.034.037.013.752232+25.8
6Kaganskiy, GlebFM2221ISR=4N+7B−10N=9N=3B+2N−1B−5NF3.534.537.515.252211-2.6
7Birka, Elia2266ISR+10B−6N−3B−2N−1B+5NF=4N+9B3.534.537.512.002206-27.6
8Vitenberg, Noam AvivFM2345NOR+3B=2N=1B−5N+9BFFFF3.035.038.014.252327-2.0
9Newman, Ori2298ISR−1N+10B−5N=6B−8N=3B−4N+2B−7N3.035.038.013.002131-40.0
10Azoulay, YehonatanFM2164ISR−7N−9N+6B−3N−2B=1N=5BF+4B3.035.038.012.502174+2.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets